CHōFU. Tokyo was able to reverse the score against Urawa Reds to win 2-1. It was Urawa Reds to strike first with a goal of Thiago at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Matsuki gave the win to Tokyo in the 58′ minute.

The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi assisted by Makoto Hibino and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Tatsuya Sakai. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Tokyo was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Urawa Reds that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Urawa Reds had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Tokyo succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Tokyo shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Urawa Reds shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Kanta Doi). On the opposite side, Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (Samuel Gustafson).

Standings

After this encounter, Tokyo has 8 points like Urawa Reds, Albirex Niigata and Avispa Fukuoka to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Urawa Reds will stays with 8 points like Tokyo, Albirex Niigata and Avispa Fukuoka to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

Tokyo – Formation

Tokyo started with a 4-2-1-3 line-up (4-2-1-3).

The manager Peter Cklamovski decided to play with the following team: T. Nozawa (6.3), H. Nakamura (6.6), Kanta Doi (6.4), Henrique Trevisan (7.5), K. Bangnagande (7.5), Takahiro Ko (7.5), K. Matsuki (7.5), Kei Koizumi (6.6), Soma Anzai (6.3), Ryotaro Araki (8.2) and Kota Tawaratsumida (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: T. Kodama, M. Morishige, Keita Endo (7.0), Teruhito Nakagawa (6.4), Riki Harakawa, Jája Silva and Kosuke Shirai (6.8).

Tokyo could not rely on the presence of Kosuke Shirai (injured).

Substitutions

Tokyo made 5 changes: H. Nakamura for Kosuke Shirai (32′), Kota Tawaratsumida for Keita Endo (74′), Ryotaro Araki for Teruhito Nakagawa (74′), Takahiro Ko for Riki Harakawa (90′) and K. Matsuki for Jája Silva (90′).

Player of the match: Ryotaro Araki​

The player that probably impressed the most for Tokyo was Ryotaro Araki.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Urawa Reds – Formation

Urawa Reds started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

Per-Mathias Høgmo played with: Shusaku Nishikawa (6.1), Hiroki Sakai  (7.0), Yota Sato (7.9), Marius Høibråten (7.3), A. Ohata (6.4), Atsuki Ito (7.0), Samuel Gustafson (7.0), Ken Iwao (6.7), Naoki Maeda (6.6), Thiago (7.8) and Ryoma Watanabe (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Hirokazu Ishihara (6.7), Yoshio Koizumi, Shoya Nakajima (7.0), Ayumi Niekawa, Tomoaki Okubo  (6.4), Yusuke Matsuo (6.7) and Shinzo Koroki (6.8).

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Hiroki Sakai  for Yusuke Matsuo (55′), Thiago for Shinzo Koroki (80′), A. Ohata for Hirokazu Ishihara (80′), Naoki Maeda for Tomoaki Okubo  (55′) and Ken Iwao for Shoya Nakajima (70′).

Player of the match: Yota Sato​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Yota Sato.

His rating is 7.9 with 77 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Kashiwa Reysol – Cerezo Osaka – 1-1
• Machida Zelvia – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
• Yokohama F. Marinos – Kawasaki Frontale – 0-0
• Shonan Bellmare – Tokyo Verdy – 1-2
• Júbilo Iwata – Albirex Niigata – 2-0
• Gamba Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 0-0
• Avispa Fukuoka – Kashima Antlers – 1-0
• Sagan Tosu – Vissel Kobe – 0-0
• Consadole Sapporo – Nagoya Grampus – 1-2
• Tokyo – Urawa Reds – 2-1